SITUATION REPORT IN I CORPS AS OF 1000 HOURS ON 3 FEBRUARY

Created: 2/3/1968

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SUMMARY. ORPS VAS GENERALLY QUIET THE NIGHTEBRUARY, THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES IN QUANG TRI AND QUANG NAM WAS CREATINO PROBLEMS OF HOUSING AND FEEDING. THE VIET COM (VC) WERE SPREADING RUMORS IN QUANG TRI THAT THE AMERICANS WOULD-"SELL THEOUT" AND IN DANANG ATTEMPTING TC AROUSEIHST THE GCVERNOiENI OF .VI ETNAOCKETS;OF VC REKAIN.-IIT AREAS ARCUO HOI ANCITIES, BUT THESE RESSURE PRC6ABLY:VILL CONTINUE

'TIN, AND QUANG 'BOA IPROVINCES." MORAL; ,E' IS REPORTED. TO BE GOOD -IN.

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GUAttG NGAI AND QUANG TIN, em)'. ON THE NIGHTEBRUARY gui s3 TRI; CITY REMAINED QUIET. REFUGEES CONTINUED CCMINOlNTQ the DISTRICTS flNO quang TRI CITY,EMS IN FEEDnd HOUSING. THE VIE* CONG (VC)THEAthe PEOPLE THAT THE AMERICANS ARE GOING TO "SELL THEM CUT" AND ABANDON THE WAR. TO COUNTER THIS THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (QVM) AND AMERICANS IN THE PROVINCE ARE LAUNCHING AN INTENSIVE PSYVAR OPERATION.

2. SINCE THE ARMY OF THE REPULBIC CF VIETNAM (ARVN) REVOLUTIONARY DIRECT SUPPCRT BATTALIONS ARE NOV ENGAGED IN MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF QUANG TRI CITY, THERI REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT (RD) TEAMS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO PROVIDE THEB WITH THE. BEST POSSIBLE SECURITY UNDER EXISTING

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REORGANIZING TEAMS. EXPLOITING THE PSYVAR OPPORTUNITIES,REfiUlRED

3. ACCORDING TO REGIONAL POLICE OFFICIALS, THE POLICE HAVE DETAINED MOREEOPLE IN.THEIR SEARCH OF THE DANANG CITY AREA TO ROUND UP PERSONS WHO DO NOT HAVE PROPER-IDENTIFICATION. ACCORDINGETIRED AftVN MAJOR. AN EMPLOYEE OF CAS, RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING IN DANANG THAT THE. VC AGENTS ARE ATTEMPTING TO PERSUADE THE POPULATION TOEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST AGAINST THE GVN. ALSO THE VC ARE SPREADING RUMORS THAT THERE WILL BE VC SAPPER ATTACKS AGAINST VIETNAMESE WORKING FOR AMERICAN INSTALLATIONS.

ISF GRMATION FROM HOI AN, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, STATES THAT.THE VC ARE STILL HIDING IN THE CITYSOME STRENGTH. THE' PROVINCE CHIEF IS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THESEPOCKETS OFEBRUARY REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) FORCES,SWEEP TWO KILOMETERS HfflTH OF HOI AN,C UNIT AND

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PRESENCE IS SLOWING down PaiCE SCREENING and OTHER SECURITYIN THE CITY. ACCORDING TO CENSUS GRIEVANCE REPORTS, THETO CONTINUE PRESSURE in.THE PROVINCE. ONEa RETURN TO NOR HAL SITUATION WAS THE APPEARANCE OFTHE MARKET. THE PROVINCE CHIEF STILLHOUR TRAVELALL SXECPT SECURITY

9. IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCEHREE. RD CADRES HAVE BEES F'EPORTED KILLED IN ACTION, BUT THIS FIGURE" KAY ICREASE WHEN ALL REPORTS ARE IN. MORALE OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY GVN FUNCTIONARIES IS HIGH, THIS IS DUE TO THE OBVIOUS HEAVY VC LOSSES AND THEIR INABILITY TO REMAIN IN THE CITY. SCATTERED VC POCKETS REMAIN IN THE VILLAGES,AROUND QUANG HGAl CITY AND DISTRICTS REPORT SOME VC HARASSMENT STILL. PROVINCE SECURITY ELEMENTS ARE

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THE PRESENCE OP ALLIED FCRCES AND THE HAN ICRHICHTHE VC ATTACKS. IN FACT, THEY WOULD LIKE TOFCRCES LAUNCH STILL MORE ATTACKS AGAINST THEPEOPLE WERE ANGERED BY THER BREAKING TH LUNARTRUCE.

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